"The 1979 film had married science fiction with horror in a way unseen since the ‘50s, reviving the monster genre, which had, for the most part, died out in the wake of Psycho’s ushering in of an era of more personal, intimate, human horror."
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British films1970s American filmsScience fiction horror filmsAlien (franchise)Films directed by Ridley Scott
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Robert C. Cumbow, “Summer of ‘86: James Cameron’s Aliens”, Slant, (August 3, 2011)
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